yesternight

英语

词源

来自中古英语 yesternyght，yisternight，来自古英语 ġiestranniht (“昨夜”)，等价于yester- +‎ night。

副词

yesternight (不可比)

1. (古旧) 在昨夜
   • c. 1598, William Shakespeare, “Act IV, Scene 1”, 出自 Much Ado About Nothing:

     What man was he talk'd with you yesternight
     Out at your window betwixt twelve and one?

     昨天晚上在十二点钟到一点钟之间，
     在你的窗口跟你谈话的那个男人是谁？

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible‎^[1], Genesis 31:29:

     It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

     我手中原有能力害你，只是你父亲的神昨夜对我说：‘你要小心，不可与雅各说好说歹。’

   • 1820, Walter Scott, 章号 6, 出自 Ivanhoe‎^[2]:

     […] when the Templar crossed the hall yesternight, he spoke to his Mussulman slaves in the Saracen language, which I well understand, and charged them this morning to watch the journey of the Jew […]

     […] 昨晚圣殿骑士穿过大厅时，跟他的穆斯林奴隶用萨拉森语讲了几句话；我听得懂这种语言，他是要他们今天早上监视你的行踪 […]

   • 1847, Emily Brontë, 章号 29, 出自 Wuthering Heights‎^[3]:

     […] she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years—incessantly—remorselessly—till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil.

     […] 她扰了我日日夜夜，十八年以来——不断地——毫无怜悯的——一直到昨夜；昨夜我平静了。

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, 章号 XXII, 出自 The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, 卷 I, The Burton Club，页号 228:

     I came here yesternight for a call of nature and to do what none can do for me, when lo! a mouse came out of the water, and squeaked at me and swelled and waxed gross till it was big as a buffalo, and spoke to me words that entered my ears. Then he left me here and went away.

     昨晚，我来这里解手，突然一只耗子从水池里钻出来吱吱乱叫，只见它渐渐变大，变得像水牛那样肥壮，然后说了几句人话，丢下我走了。

同义词

• 见yestereve

相关词语

• yesterday
• yesteryear

名词

yesternight (复数 yesternights)

1. (古旧) 昨夜，前一夜